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Month: June 2017

Watching Gender : Media that perpetuates rigid gender roles and stereotypes can affect children’s sense of self, relationships, and career aspirations. Common Sense Media’s latest research explores the effects of gender-biased media on children’s development—so we can promote more positive, accurate gender representations that give kids the freedom they need to be themselves. Read more:

Nancy Wake, a New Zealander known during World War II as the “White Mouse,” was active in the French Resistance and escaped the Nazis multiple times. She was on the Gestapo’s most wanted list by 1943, eventually becoming the virtual leader of 7,000 French Resistance fighters. – List by Fran Wilde, Paste Magazine. Read More:

The thought that a Buttercup could morph over time into an Antiope is perhaps the greatest comfort of all, in a world where women’s roles are often limited and limiting. Let us be princesses, but let us be generals too. Let us live in stories made to heal, but also in stories made to marshal bravery, fortitude, and wisdom. — Emily Asher-Perrin, Tor.com. Read More: